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South Grove, Calaveras Big Trees, July 16, 2011

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Green moss growing on the trunk of a Giant Sequoia (7/16/2011, South Grove Hike, Calaveras Big Trees SP)
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Green moss growing on the trunk of a Giant Sequoia (7/16/2011, South Grove Hike, Calaveras Big Trees SP)

Green moss growing on the trunk of a Giant Sequoia 7162011South Grove HikeCalaveras Big Trees SP July 162011 Calaveras Big Trees State ParkCA

  • Green trees and bushes surrounding the reddish rocks Beaver Creek (near the South Grove parking lot) (7/16/2011, South Grove Hike, Calaveras Big Trees SP)
  • The top of a backlit small green fir tree (7/16/2011, South Grove Hike, Calaveras Big Trees SP)
  • Backlit white blossoms and green leaves from a tall bush or short tree (7/16/2011, South Grove Hike, Calaveras Big Trees SP)
  • Queen's Cup or Bride's Bonnet (Clintonia uniflora) : A white flower with 6 petals and 6 stamen (National Audubon Society Field Guide to Wildflowers, Western Region, plate 63, p. 582)(7/16/2011, South Grove Hike, Calaveras Big Trees SP)
  • Small, slightly lavender flower. (We also saw some that looked white.) Probably Trientalis latifolia, commonly known as the Pacific Starflower, Broad-leaved Starflower, Western Starflower, or Indian Potato (7/16/2011, South Grove Hike, Calaveras Big Trees SP)
  • Queen's Cup or Bride's Bonnet (Clintonia uniflora) : A white flower with 6 petals and 6 stamen (National Audubon Society Field Guide to Wildflowers, Western Region, plate 63, p. 582)(7/16/2011, South Grove Hike, Calaveras Big Trees SP)
  • Queen's Cup or Bride's Bonnet (Clintonia uniflora) : A white flower with 6 petals and 6 stamen (National Audubon Society Field Guide to Wildflowers, Western Region, plate 63, p. 582)(7/16/2011, South Grove Hike, Calaveras Big Trees SP)
  • Backlit white blossoms and green leaves from a tall bush or short tree (7/16/2011, South Grove Hike, Calaveras Big Trees SP)
  • Backlit white blossoms and green leaves from a tall bush or short tree (7/16/2011, South Grove Hike, Calaveras Big Trees SP)
  • Lynda photographing the base of a Giant Sequoia (7/16/2011, South Grove Hike, Calaveras Big Trees SP)
  • Green moss growing on the trunk of a Giant Sequoia (7/16/2011, South Grove Hike, Calaveras Big Trees SP)
  • Reddish bark of a a Giant Sequoia in filtered sunlight (7/16/2011, South Grove Hike, Calaveras Big Trees SP)
  • Reddish bark of a a Giant Sequoia in filtered sunlight (7/16/2011, South Grove Hike, Calaveras Big Trees SP)
  • Reddish bark of a a Giant Sequoia in filtered sunlight (7/16/2011, South Grove Hike, Calaveras Big Trees SP)
  • Reddish bark of a a Giant Sequoia in filtered sunlight (7/16/2011, South Grove Hike, Calaveras Big Trees SP)
  • My hand (for scale) next to lavender flowers of some variety of lupine that has very large leaves (some as far across as the width of my hand) (7/16/2011, South Grove Hike, Calaveras Big Trees SP)
  • Lavender flowers of some variety of lupine that has very large leaves (some as far across as the width of my hand) (7/16/2011, South Grove Hike, Calaveras Big Trees SP)
  • Lavender flowers of some variety of lupine that has very large leaves (some as far across as the width of my hand) (7/16/2011, South Grove Hike, Calaveras Big Trees SP)
  • Sunlight on the reddish bark of a Giant Sequoia, with shaded trees and deep blue sky behind (7/16/2011, South Grove Hike, Calaveras Big Trees SP)
  • Sunlight on the reddish bark of a Giant Sequoia, with shaded trees and deep blue sky behind (7/16/2011, South Grove Hike, Calaveras Big Trees SP)
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